Quebec Allows Applicants to Update Applications Submitted through Mon Projet Québec
Quebec’s Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Diversité et de l'Inclusion (Ministry of Immigration, Diversity, and Inclusion, or MIDI) has announced that individuals who have submitted an application for a Quebec…
OINP Resumes Identifying Candidates for Human Capital Priorities Stream, Releases In-Demand Occupations List
The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) will resume identifying candidates in the Express Entry pool through the popular Human Capital Priorities (HCP) Stream during the week of April 10 to…
Malala Yousafzai Receives Honorary Canadian Citizenship
Today, the education activist who survived a Taliban assassination attempt and subsequently became an international icon for women's and children's rights, called on Canada to lead a global effort to…
Biggest Ever Express Entry Draw Issues 3,923 Invitations to Apply, Minimum CRS Score at 423
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has broken two of its own records in its most recent Express Entry draw, which took place on April 12, 2017. This draw saw…
April 19 Express Entry Draw Sees Lowest CRS Requirement Yet at 415
The latest Express Entry draw, which took place on April 19, 2017, has issued 3,665 Invitations to Apply (ITAs) for Canadian permanent resident status to candidates in the Express Entry…
Foreign Workers in New Brunswick May Now Apply to Express Entry Labour Market Stream
Previously, this stream was closed to all new applications. Prior to the stream's closure, individuals who had attended a NBPNP information session, and workers eligible for the open category (which…
Canada Removes Conditional Permanent Residence Provision
Sponsored spouses and common-law partners will no longer pass through a period of conditional permanent resident status, after the Liberal government of Canada, as expected, removed the provision, which was…
Ontario Resumes Accepting Applications for Masters and PhD Graduate Streams
The OINP previously received applications to these two streams in late February, 2017. Both streams reached their intake limit in a matter of days. That intake period marked the first…
Intake Limit Reached for Ontario’s International Masters Graduate Stream
As was the case last time the two streams opened, in late February, 2017, the International Masters Graduate stream is the first to reach its intake limit. The International PhD…
Nova Scotia Pauses Access to Online Immigration Application Services
On May 9, 2017, Nova Scotia's Office of Immigration updated its website to state that 'Currently all Nova Scotia Immigration applications associated with Nova Scotia’s online service are unavailable.' This…